Lamp Re-do

I decided last weekend when I was at the Target in Pasadena (after a couple of margaritas at Chipotle) that I wanted new lamps. I bought these pretty teal ones and brought them home and they were way too small.

So I returned them. After discussing what Nate liked about his current lamp, we decided to try refinishing his lamp instead of replacing. But I wanted semi matching lamps, so we needed to find another lamp similar to Nate's. On Saturday, Nate and I went shopping.

Nate's lamp

 We went to the ICM Resale shop and found a lamp for 3 dollars. We picked it up and then went to Lowe's for spray paint.

New lamp (in front) with old lamp, all taped up.

Then we painted and lacquered. Ta-da!

My new lamp.

Nate's refinished lamp.

Total money - $15.

Total time - 2 hours (including time shopping)

Island Construction: Part 4

Weekend 2 of this crazy project brought great progress.

We cut out the beadboard for the two sides and placed it. The other side is the mirror image, just without an outlet.

Nate constructed a rough counter surface for us to work with.

And the painting began in earnest!

This looks like prison chic! 

It's starting to look like more of a cohesive whole!

Island Construction: Part 3 (was Island Demolition)

After raising the cabinets, we then needed to connect everything. 

We had to place the new outlet a little off-center, but there was no helping it. 

We secured the cabinets to four-by-four posts, then the posts to the original structure. Then we secured the bookcases to the original structure, with additional four-by-four posts to help support the weight.